Doll Dress Fun!

I recently found these 3 vintage outfits.

I believe they were hand made from flour sack fabric.

First are these two Baby Doll Dresses.

The fabrics looked like they came from the 1940s?

This first dress with a Fall color pattern 

And this blue print dress.

The dresses were hand made, but a little plain.

But, I liked the style of the dresses.

SO! I decided to see what I could do to give them

a little more charm.

Here are the results.

I added some gros-grain ribbon and some little

bumblebee buttons to the Fall colored dress.

Not a huge change, but I think very sweet!

This dress will be sent to my friend for her Puddin.

She really loves Fall so I thought of her.

The blue dress I added some vintage lace 

and some pink ribbons.

Very Sweet!

Now, this next jumper is a mystery to me.

The fabric is adorable.

But it is shapeless and ill-fitting.

It is a flat garment with no gathers.

There are also tears in both legs.

What to do?

MAKEOVER!!!

I used some linen and made a collar.

I'm hoping this will give the garment more interest.

Here are the collar pieces ready to be attached.

I had to make the neck area larger by cutting it out a bit.

I also decided to make this a short sun dress with bloomers.

You can see here these outfits were all hand-stitched!

Here is the remade sun dress.

I used the same linen to create a cuff on the pocket.

I also shortened the sleeves slightly to fit better.

Looking sweet Puddin!